48: The Kingdom of Eternal Winter, the Evil Caravan

The Ice Spirit Cat's eyes darted around, and suddenly its Mental Energy stirred.

The next moment, a childish voice echoed in Chen Qing's mind.

"This is the Barren Snowfield!"

"Huh?"

"You can speak human language?"

"No, I can't! But I can use Mental Energy to make you understand what I mean!"

Chen Qing was surprised. This cat could not only directly invade his mental sea but also communicate with him in such a special way. It was indeed not simple.

"I mean, do you know where this Barren Snowfield is?"

Xiaobai's white brows furrowed. After thinking for a moment, it replied, "I don't know. I've been here since birth and don't know what kind of place this is."

"Have you never thought about leaving here?"

Well, as soon as he asked that, Chen Qing felt his intelligence was being assimilated by this cat.

Given the cat's laziness, it would rather bask in the sun for a bit longer than move a single step.

"Why should I leave?" Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

Indeed, this fellow was lazier than a pig. After all, sows not only climb trees but also livestream.

Seeing that it knew nothing, Chen Qing was too lazy to argue further and silently thought to himself.

He had to go check out the newly opened second layer of the Ice God Space... The scenery flickered, and before Chen Qing could react, he had already appeared in another space.

"Welcome to the second layer of the Ice God Space, the Everwinter Country."

The Everwinter Country?

Is this a country?

Chen Qing looked around. He was currently in a snow-white forest, with every tree covered in snow and ice crystals.

The surrounding temperature was also lower than that of the Barren Snowfield on the first layer.

"Where is this? It's so cold here!"

The childish voice of the Ice Spirit Cat suddenly came from Chen Qing's mind, startling him.

He subconsciously looked at his shoulder, only to see the lazy cat standing there!

"How did you get here?"

This was insane. He had been teleported here by the System, but how had this cat also been teleported with him?

Xiaobai tucked its paws into its white fur, tightened its body, and replied, "I don't know!"

Its expression was innocent, and it was looking around curiously.

Sniffing its nose, Xiaobai suddenly darted up a tree.

Chen Qing quickly followed. This cat was his only companion he could talk to here, so he couldn't lose it.

Xiaobai was very fast, climbing a tree covered in frost in the blink of an eye.

After a short while, it returned to Chen Qing with a battered squirrel in its mouth.

"Human, do you want to kill it?"

The childish voice came.

Chen Qing was a little speechless, and a little amused. Had it become a habit?

Did it want him to kill everything it caught?

Chen Qing was not squeamish. He condensed an ice pick and killed the squirrel with one strike.

"Killed a Divine Thief Squirrel, Vitality +0.1."

A pure life force surged into Chen Qing's body.

He hadn't expected that killing a squirrel would add 0.1 to his Vitality.

Wouldn't that mean he could gain a full 1 point of Vitality by killing just 10 of them?

And the squirrel's name even had "Divine Thief" in it. Did this squirrel also have an exclusive Skill?

Chen Qing needed to experiment. If he could learn a Martial Skill, it would naturally be a sure profit.

He immediately motioned for Xiaobai to go look for more of its kind, reminding it that this time, it just needed to catch them and not hurt them.

As a result, this search took most of the day. He didn't encounter a single Divine Thief Squirrel, but he did encounter many ordinary squirrels, most of which were not strong, and killing them only added less than 0.01 Vitality... Chen Qing sat under a giant tree, waiting for Xiaobai's search results.

Suddenly, an urgent voice came from his mind.

"Human, there are your kind! Come quickly!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing immediately sprang up from the snow and looked in one direction.

A team of people suddenly appeared there.

Leading them was a young man on horseback with a sword on his back. The young man was tall, dressed in ancient military attire, and behind him was a convoy. In the center of the convoy was a lavishly decorated luxury carriage.

Xiaobai seemed to have been discovered by them and had been chased back to him.

"Human, what should we do?"

Xiaobai leaped onto Chen Qing's shoulder, looking nervously at the approaching convoy.

Chen Qing was equally nervous. He hadn't expected that this place called the Everwinter Country actually had humans!

Was this somewhere on Blue Star?

Or did other places in this Universe really have humans?

The young man with the sword on his back spoke first: "Who are you? Why do you have an Ice Spirit Cat?"

Chen Qing pretended not to hear, but in reality, he didn't understand at all. The young man on horseback was speaking some gibberish.

Even though he had watched countless films in his previous life, in various languages, he still had no idea what language the young man was speaking.

He thought of a possibility: the common language!

Chen Qing had not yet learned the common language of the Space Battlefield, so he couldn't tell if the young man was speaking it.

If it was, then it meant this might be a planet of a certain race on the Space Battlefield!

No way?

Chen Qing's heart trembled slightly.

In his mind, Xiaobai's voice came: "Human, he's asking who you are and why you have Cat Lord."

"Hmm?"

This cat could actually understand what the other party meant.

Chen Qing remained calm and tried to communicate passively with Xiaobai in his mental sea, finding it feasible.

"Xiaobai, tell him my name is Li Qingshan. As for why I have you, just say I picked you up."

Xiaobai looked at the young man with the sword on his back and conveyed the message into his mind.

The young man frowned, didn't reply, but dismounted and went to the side of the carriage.

After communicating with the person inside the carriage, the young man returned and said to Chen Qing, "Li Qingshan, right? My young master invites you."

After learning the young man's meaning, Chen Qing slowly nodded.

Within the Ice God Space, he wasn't worried about his life safety. He could, however, use this opportunity to investigate the situation here... Chen Qing, with Xiaobai, followed alongside the carriage, observing the convoy.

"What are they saying?"

Chen Qing watched some people in the convoy jabbering in gibberish, then being loudly reprimanded by the young man with the sword on his back, feeling a bit confused.

"Human, they think you're a bad person from out of town! They want to lock you up. But the one with the sword told them not to act rashly for now and to wait until they get back to make a move."

Chen Qing was startled and quickly said in his mind, "Damn cat, if you don't understand, then you don't understand, don't translate randomly!"

This team looked quite proper, were they all actors?

"No! They really said that. Look at the fierce-looking one in front, he's the most hateful. He said he wants to stew you and feed you to the dogs.

And the one next to him, he's already sharpening his knife, ready to chop off your head at any moment!

Only the burly man closest to you, he's not bad. He said you have good skin and wants to take you in."

Chen Qing's face darkened. What kind of people were these?

So, this group of people was putting on a show!

And this damned cat, these people had been talking for a while.

It only just now told him.

"Damn cat, why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Why should I? Even Cat Lord can't kill you, so they definitely can't either!"